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Dr. Sarah Duerden
Daily Syllabus for English 102 Spring 2006
Line # 36758 Coor L1-72 MWF 8:40-9:30
This syllabus is tentative and subject to change depending on the needs of the class. Readings may be
rearranged, some may be dropped, and if necessary, some may be added. It is your responsibility to keep
abreast with any changes announced in class, even if you are absent.
 You should always have your Inventing Arguments with you for class unless I say otherwise
Required Text & Abbreviations
 IA Inventing Arguments
 Some handouts available on Blackboard
Week 1
W Jan 18
Class Discussion
Martin Luther King Day: Class
Excused
Introduction to English 102
F Jan 20
Discuss “argument” & critical reading
S Jan 22
Last Day for Drop/Add Online
M Jan 16
Homework
Review carefully Course Policies for this class &
bring questions to class. Read handout on
Critical Reading. Buy Inventing Arguments and
read pp. xxv-xxxv “Note to Students”
Read handout on summary and IA pp. 485-494
on appeals & pp. 530-537 on Rhetoric. Read
either a news magazine or newspaper over the
weekend and find two articles or editorials on
national issues you find interesting and bring to
class on Monday
Week 2
M Jan 23
Class Discussion
Rhetoric, Summary, and Reading
Journals. Review issues
W Jan 25
Reading Journal Due
Discuss readings
F Jan 27
Discuss readings & Critical Analysis &
assignment one
Homework
Read IA “Gender Bender “pp. 374-375, “Obesity
Lawsuit” pp. 382-383 & 544-548 on thesis
statements. Write reading journal on one of the
articles you read
Read IA 422-427 on hidden arguments &
“Wildcatting for Water” pp. 428-429 & “A Pipe
Dream” pp. 438-440. Read assignment sheet.
Read articles on Blackboard: “Of Headless Mice
. . . and Men” and “Human Cloning? Don’t Just
Say No.” Write Reading Journal on one of the
articles (heuristic one).
Week 3
W Feb 1
Heuristic 2 Due
Using quotations & MLA documentation
F Feb 3
Heuristic 3 Due
Complete heuristic 4 in class
Homework
Read IA pp. 522-525 logical fallacies and pp.
396-398 & pp. 556-559 on warranting
assumptions. Then complete heuristic 2. Read
IA pp. 605-619 on integrating sources
Read IA pp. 512-515 on Ideology and 508-511
on figurative language and then complete
heuristics 3
Complete heuristic 5 (draft of assignment one)
for peer review Monday
Class Discussion
Draft Due
Homework
Read IA pp. 408-412 on arrangment & pp. 413-
M Jan 30
Class Discussion
Reading Journal Due (heuristic 1)
Discuss reading
Week 4
M Feb 6
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W Feb 8
F Feb 10
Peer Review
Discuss reading and revise draft in
class
Draft Due
Peer Review
414 on audience and voice;revise draft
Revise draft for 2nd peer review
Class Discussion
Final Draft of Assignment One Due
In class reflection; discuss issues
Homework
Read IA pp. 368-369, “The Mystery of the
Missing Links” pp. 370-373 and “Learning
Styles” pp. 376-380. Do reading journal on one
of the articles
Read assignment sheet. Read IA pp. 123-124
“Separating the Killers” and pp. 131-133
“Standardized Testing.” Do Reading journal on
one of the articles.
Read IA pp. 115-117 & 140-141. Fill out the
topic template sheet by making a list of 4 topics
that you find interesting and answering the
questions
Polish draft for submission on Monday 13th Feb.
Read a major newspaper or a news magazine
over the weekend and bring a copy of three
articles or editorials that deal with national or
local issues you find interesting
Week 5
M Feb 13
W Feb 15
Reading Journal Due
Discuss articles and assignment 2
F Feb 17
Reading Journal Due
Discuss articles & assignment two
Week 6
M Feb 20
W Feb 22
F Feb 24
Class Discussion
Heuristic One Due
Workshop topics by conducting some
initial research in class & answering
stasis questions on pp. 539-540
Heuristic Two Due
In class research on issue using
Academic Search Premier and
LexisNexis
Heuristic 3 Due
In class work on heuristic 4
Homework
Read IA and 142–145. Complete heuristic 2
(various ways to define the issue)
Class Discussion
Heuristic 4 & 5 Due
Discuss organizing assignment 2 &
workshop on first draft
Draft Due
Peer Revise
In class analysis of paper for tips on
revision
Homework
Complete first draft for peer review
Class Discussion
Draft Due for 2nd Peer Review
Peer Review
Final Draft of Assignment 2 Due
In class reflection
Homework
Polish draft for submission Wed 8 March
Complete heuristic 3 (brief annotated
bibliography of sources found so far
Complete heuristic 4 & 5
Week 7
M Feb 27
W Mar 1
F Mar 3
Read sample paper
Revise draft based on class discussion.
Week 8
M Mar 6
W Mar 8
F Mar 10
Reading Journal Due
Discuss readings
Read IA pp. 219-221, 222-223 “Culture in Need
of an Extreme Makeover” and 224-225 “Ad
Nation.” Write reading journal on one article
Read assignment 3 sheet (arguing value)
Week 9: March 12-19 Spring Break
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Week 10
M Mar 20
W Mar 22
F Mar 24
Class Discussion
Reading Journal Due
Discuss assignment 3
Heuristic 1 Due
In class research for additional sources
In class complete heuristic 3
Homework
Read IA pp. 246-250 and then complete
heuristic 1
Complete heuristic 2
Class Discussion
Heuristics 4 Due
Workshop on arrangment
Draft Due
Peer Review
Discuss reading and apply to paper
Course Withdrawal Deadline in
person
Course Withdrawal Deadline
Interactive & Sundial
Homework
Complete draft of paper for peer review
Class Discussion
Draft Due
Peer Revise
Polished Draft Due
Discuss assignment 4
Homework
Polish draft. Read IA pp. 269-271 “Arguing
Crisis”
Read IA pp. 277-278 “Colleges Caught in a
Vise” and pp. 282-283 “Out of the Asylum.”
Write reading journal on one of the articles.
Read IA 320-321 on Arguing the Future and pp.
329-331 “Investing in the Futures”
Read IA pp. 257-263 and pp. 500-503 on
counter arguments. Complete heuristics 4
Week 11
M Mar 27
W Mar 29
F Mar 31
Sun Apr 2
Read IA pp. 264-265 and revise paper
Revise draft for second peer review on Monday
Week 1 2
M Apr 3
W Apr 5
F Apr 7
Discuss readings
Week 13
M Apr 10
W Apr 12
F Apr 14
Class Discussion
Discuss reading and assignment 4
Heuristic 1 Due
Work on heuristic 2
Heuristics 2 Due
Workshop on heuristic 3 (describing the
situation
Homework
Read assignment sheet and complete heuristic
1
Complete heuristic 2 and begin heuristic 3
Complete heuristic 3 (2 page description of the
situation and read IA pp. 303-306
Week 14
M Apr 17
W Apr 19
F Apr 21
Class Discussion
Heuristic 3 Due
Peer Revise description of situation;
Begin work on defining solution and
developing reasons
Heuristic 4 Due
Peer Revise solution and reasons.
Begin work on counterarguments
Homework
Complete heuristic 4 (full description of solution
and reasons why it will solve the problem).
Read IA pp. 307-308
Heuristic 5 Due
Discuss introductions and work on
complete draft of assignment 4
Complete full draft
Read IA pp. 309-313 and complete heuristic 5
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Week 15
M Apr 24
W Apr 26
F Apr 28
Class Discussion
Complete Draft Due
Peer Review
Workshop
Restricted Complete Withdrawal
Deadline
Polished Draft of Assignment 4 Due
Homework
Revise draft;
Class Discussion
In-class work on final
Reading Day
Homework
Polish final
Polish assignment 4 due Friday April 29
Read final
Week 16
M May 1
W May 3
Your final exam is a take home final that is due in my office, LL 348 on Friday May 5 between 8:00 and
11:30. If you do not submit the final during this time and pick up your last paper, I cannot record a final
grade for the course.
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